Lot 243
  • 243

Ben Vautier

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description

  • Ben Vautier
  • Geste: Me Cacher Sous un Drap au Milieu d'une Place Publique
  • titled and dated Eté 1971
  • acrylic on panel with photographic collage

  • 76 by 76cm.
  • 30 by 30in.

Provenance

Galerie Gunter Sachs, Hamburg
Acquired directly from the above in 1972

Exhibited

Hamburg, Galerie Gunter Sachs, Ben Vautier, 1972
Zürich, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Ben: Gestes, 1973

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There is a faint white rub mark to the lower left corner of the frame and one 15 cm beneath the upper right corner. The edges of the photographs have curled slightly with age. There is a tiny loss to the bottom edge of the left hand photo. There is no evidence of any retouching when examined under ultraviolet light.
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